China’s expanded export ban poses fresh challenge to global tech industry


The new list could change the thinking of companies such as Microsoft, SZ DJI Technology Co Ltd, and Zoom Video Communications. — Dreamstime/TNS

SHANGHAI: The latest additions to China’s list of banned technology exports could upset a broad range of industries and raise the possibility that some global tech giants might have to split off their Chinese operations, legal experts said.

The new list of technologies banned from export announced on Aug 28 came as an unwelcome surprise to an industry already grappling with the uncertainty posed by trade tensions between China and the United States.

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